Forming the League of Nations / Gropper. – Historic Reproduction
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A window into the past: Forming the League of Nations / Gropper., preserved in this historic drawing. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Forming the League of Nations / Gropper.
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Drawn in ink on bristol board in 1918, this cartoon by Gropper casts President Woodrow Wilson as the figure forming the League of Nations, according to a note on its back. The moment came as the First World War was ending, when Wilson championed a league to settle disputes among nations before they reached armed conflict. He presented its covenant at the Paris Peace Conference in 1919. Commentary cartoons of the period often reduced such diplomacy to a single pictured act, which makes this drawing useful for seeing how the plan was debated. The United States Senate ultimately refused to join the League, a fact that adds weight to the image in hindsight.
| Created / published | [1918] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 drawing on bristol board : ink. |
| Genre | Cartoons (Commentary) 1910-1920.Ink drawings 1910-1920. |
| Notes | Ben and Beatrice Goldstein Foundation Collection (Library of Congress). On verso: President Wilson forming the League of Nations. Unprocessed in D022, no. 3473. |
| Subjects | Wilson, Woodrow,--1856-1924. League of Nations--1910-1920. International organizations--1910-1920. International relations--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,437 × 1,136 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-219340 |
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